- Date
- July 25, 1966
- Place
- Jacksonville, NC · JACKSONVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5730QMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122381
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0632 66/7/25 JACKSONVILLE NC MOONEY M20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 95 TOTAL TIME - 0525 N5730Q PX- 1 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 74 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JACKSONVILLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SKY APPEARED CLEAR.AFTER T/O FOG LAYER FOUND AT 75-100 FT.PLT OVERSHOT WINDLINE ON RETURN TO LAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5730Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jacksonville
N5730QRegistration cancelled Sep 25, 2012 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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